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I will definitely not vote for David Miliband if he stands for Leader and I really hope he doesn't run.
posted by Luke Akehurst at 10:28 am
Labour MP for North Durham since 2024. Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Dad. Unite and GMB union member. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
13 Comments:
I dunno, there'd be a dark irony of a Milliband/Benn partnership at the top...
11:21 am, February 28, 2007
I like David Miliband and believe he would be more "acceptable" than Gordon Brown to the floating voter at the next election.
11:45 am, February 28, 2007
I know what you are saying Luke but there is something very magnetic about Miliband.
There is a part of me which is thinking he could be just the fresh new start we need.......hummmmm tempting.
And this coming from someone who swore a blood oath of loyalty to Brown for leader over 5 years ago.
12:09 pm, February 28, 2007
Miliband, Clarke, Milburn, Brown etc all agree on the same policies - whether it be Foundation Hospitals, top-up fees, the invasion of Iraq, PFI, and so on. It would be a disaster to have a contest which is not about policies, but is about personalities.
That's why it's crucial John McDonnell is on the ballot - to ensure that there is a real debate about the future of the party. Oh, and it'd be nice to have a candidate standing for Labour leadership who actually backs the policies of the Labour party.
Hilariously, David Milliband's first political job was doing John McDonnell's photocopying. Whoops.
By the way, my suspicion is that "Liz" is either Charles Clarke or Alan Milburn in disguise - she's posting these pro-Milliband all over the internet.
12:09 pm, February 28, 2007
Was Miliband a good photocopier?
2:19 pm, February 28, 2007
"...there is something very magnetic about Miliband" as there is about the little ginger cat on our fridge door... but I wouldn't vote for that either!
4:17 pm, February 28, 2007
I'd rather vote for the cat. Didn't one of the Millibands work for Tony Benn? Ralph will be doing 180 degree spins......welcome to the nasty world of politics Luke.If youreally thought that Brown was not going toface a contest you ARE extremely naive.
5:38 pm, February 28, 2007
Ralph Miliband was not a member of the Labour Party - so why should he interupt his slumbers to care?
6:18 pm, February 28, 2007
I think he'd be a bit p***** off that his sons had turned out to be pro-market policy wonks.How anyone can see Milliband as next lesader is frankly beyond me,
7:03 pm, February 28, 2007
Ooooooh Owen, you saucy little devil! Come join the winning team. I know you agree with my conspiracy theories about 9/11! :wink:
7:20 pm, February 28, 2007
Bring back Ralph and a radical alternative. His boys have sold us out.
9:23 am, March 01, 2007
I hope he does stand. But I'll not be voting for him. He is extraordinarily right wing. Skip another generation and go for Ed. Or do they have an even shorter and younger sibling? A sister would be a good. Otherwise let's have Marxist Ralph. He's only Meacher's age isn't he? Dead? Completely? Oh dear.
2:18 pm, March 01, 2007
Hah Suzanne. Dave/id should stop standing next to the telly if he's getting magnetic.
(spooky word verification includes hidden wmd)
2:23 pm, March 01, 2007
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